If you have a lot of friends on Facebook, it can get difficult to keep track of them. Inevitably you're going to post something that you may not want every one of your friends to see, or you might want to restrict a specific friend's permissions. You can access your Facebook account settings to completely customize who can interact with you and how, and what is visible to people viewing your profile. For example, if you're trying to plan a surprise party and don't want a specific friend to know about it, you can place him on the restricted list.

Log in to your Facebook account.

Click your username.

Click "Friends."

Select the box to the right of a friend whose permissions you want to restrict and select "Restricted." They will now only be able to see posts you make public to everyone.

About the Author

Michael Smathers studies history at the University of West Georgia. He has written freelance online for three years, and has been a Demand Studios writer since April 2009. Michael has written content on health, fitness, the physical sciences and martial arts. He has also written product reviews and help articles for video games on BrightHub, and martial arts-related articles on Associated Content.